{
  "id": 11408527,
  "title": "Noman Zaka crashes out of Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/noman-zaka-crashes-out-of-asian-games",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:42:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1561536/noman-zaka-crashes-out-of-asian-games/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Noman Zaka competed in the men's freestyle 86kg event at the Asian Games in Nagoya. He won his first two matches, defeating Cambodia's Vuthy Heng 10-4 and winning by fall. However, he lost to Japan's Hayato Ishiguro 10-0 in the quarter-finals.\n\nZaka then entered the repechage, but according to the Daily Times, his run in the competition ended with that loss in the quarter-finals and a subsequent defeat in the repechage.\n\nThere was also action in the 2026 Asian Games, where Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia won gold in the men's keirin competition, beating China's Li Zhiwei.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Christian-Aidan smash their way into historic Asian Games padel final",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/christian-aidan-smash-their-way-into-historic-asian-games-padel-final",
        "published": "2026-10-02T07:20:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}